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Asselin successfully completed 12 weeks of training designed to challenge new Marine recruits both physically and mentally. Asselin and fellow recruits began their training at 5 a.m. by running three miles and performing calisthenics. In addition to the physical...

Angie Sturm, a junior at Bishop Luers High School placed 4th in the State Bowling Finals at Western Bowl in Indianapolis. The event took place on Saturday, March 20th, 2004. The Waynedale News first featured Angie last July when she became the Indiana State Queens Champion.

Last year Angie missed the State Bowling Tournament by 16 pins. This year one of her goals was to make the State Finals. She accomplished that goal by winning the South Bend Semi-State with a three-game total score of...

You just KNEW it was gonna be this way! Everybody knew this game and the Catholic Youth Organization Championship would come down to the final 2 minutes. St. Therese and St. Joe Hessen Cassel were so evenly matched. They met in the first CYO game of the year with Hessen Cassel winning that overtime game by 3 points. Neither team would lose a league game after that. St. Therese started firing on all cylinders during the Christmas Tournament at St. Francis and never looked back! Hessen...

Carroll High School Winter Guard placed 4th in State Competition at Center Grove High School, Indianapolis, Indiana. The competition took place on Saturday, March 20th.

The Indiana High School Color Guard Association (IHSCGA) was founded in 1983 with 28 members competing in two classes. Twenty-one years later the competition is available at six different achievement based levels with membership at over 120 units.

James E. Springer, of the Law Office of James E. Springer, PC, has joined the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc. (NAELA). Membership in the Academy is open to licensed attorneys who are practicing in the area of elder law or who are interested in legal issues pertaining to the elderly.

The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys is a professional association of attorneys concerned with improving the availability and delivery of legal services to the older person. With the...

Professional window cleaners say you should wash your windows four times a year—once with each of the changing seasons. Here are seven window-washing tips for people who want their windows to shine like a professional cleaned them.

Stay out of the sun – Never wash windows in direct sunlight because cleaning solutions will dry too quickly, leaving a streaky residue.

Viola will be spending a "special" day on Wednesday, March 31st, 2004. Viola Mahnensmith Fitch will be 102 years old!

Viola was born in Ossian, Indiana. She graduated in 1920 from Ossian High School. During the summer of 1920, Viola took classes at Ball State University. She was then hired by the Ossian Township Trustee and began teaching all eight grades in a one-room schoolhouse. Viola said she had to walk a mile every morning to open the schoolhouse and "fire-up" the wood stove.

It is the 10th anniversary for American Electric Power's participation in the Indiana Peregrine Falcon Restoration Project in Fort Wayne. Once again the pair atop One Summit Square is back on camera and available online courtesy of AEP. FalconCam offers viewers the chance to observe the birds, "Roosevelt" and "Freedom" as they begin a new nesting season in their urban perch overlooking downtown Fort Wayne, IN.

The online project was developed by AEP, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources...